Experience

Louisiana Fish Fry Products

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SALES FINANCE MANAGER

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area • Presently, administers and reconciles trade budget of $5.1M for 2019, signs off on spends, and ensures budget stays within guidelines. • Provides financial and analytic information and support to field sales. • Works closely with executives and sales leadership by supporting business planning, pricing, budget development, trade promotion, and overall control support. • Supervises performance of 2 sales assistants in a manner to ensure operations flow smoothly. • Provides oversight… Show more • Presently, administers and reconciles trade budget of $5.1M for 2019, signs off on spends, and ensures budget stays within guidelines. • Provides financial and analytic information and support to field sales. • Works closely with executives and sales leadership by supporting business planning, pricing, budget development, trade promotion, and overall control support. • Supervises performance of 2 sales assistants in a manner to ensure operations flow smoothly. • Provides oversight and administration of customer, vendor, maintenance, and critical infrastructure contracts, including monitoring and reporting of contract status, maintenance of contracts, and facilitation of contractor meetings.  Liaises with external legal counsel for contract review and regulatory compliance.  Manages trademark application, renewal, and infringement claims. • Oversees master price list and promotional calendar, and works with Accounting Operations department to control, validate, code, and process chargebacks and deductions from wholesalers, distributors, and retailers.

• SALES OPERATIONS MGR

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2018

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area • Produced monthly closeout for sales team, including sales reports, expense recaps, and sales department P&L. • Created and maintained workbook for sales department travel expenses, reconciled submitted expense reports, entered Access to code correctly for AP, and attained approval signatures.  Created all processes department currently uses to track spends and produce expense reporting.  Implemented codes for tracking fixed assets to determine spends. • Created, administered… Show more • Produced monthly closeout for sales team, including sales reports, expense recaps, and sales department P&L. • Created and maintained workbook for sales department travel expenses, reconciled submitted expense reports, entered Access to code correctly for AP, and attained approval signatures.  Created all processes department currently uses to track spends and produce expense reporting.  Implemented codes for tracking fixed assets to determine spends. • Created, administered, and reconciled $4M promotional budget; signed off on spends, and ensured budget stayed within guidelines. • Established tracking and monitoring system in Excel to track promotional spending. • Provided overall administrative and analytic support to sales and executive team to ensure a smooth flow of operations, and served as liaison between sales, marketing, supply chain, accounting, production, legal and external auditors. • Worked with IT developer to use SAP/BO/Crystal Reports to design program for compiling and writing all sales reports.

• Sales Assistant/Accounts Payable

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2007

  • Handled and reconciled AP/AR, prepared payroll, as well as reviewed and processed expenditures for sales. • Developed, analyzed, and disseminated standard sales reports; supported Access databases to drive business processes. • Worked with sales organization, supply chain, and operational accounting to drive operational efficiency and improve overall productivity. • Established budget for sales department—implemented workbook in Excel to track sales for forecasting.



Jackson Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Aug 1999 - May 2002

  Power APAC Public School Accounting & Budgets, Time Processor, Correspondence, General Office Duties